Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Minnesota

Northern Metal Recycling Glenwood

Glenwood, MN · ~28 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.9
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Northern Metal Recycling Glenwood runs at 406% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Northern Metal Recycling Glenwood: 8.9 TCR = 406% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Northern Metal Recycling Glenwood safety composite

Northern Metal Recycling Glenwood scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

F

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

Rising injury rate

Northern Metal Recycling Glenwood: 7.1 → 10.8 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 10.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.91× in 2018

Northern Metal Recycling Glenwood's TCR rose 3.7 from 7.1 in 2017 to 10.8 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.91× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Glenwood, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.9 · 406% of ind

  • DART 8.1 DART
  • RANK #11/15
  • PHOTO Pima Processing LLC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pima Processing LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Northern Metal Recycling Glenwood in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Northern Metal Recycling Glenwood averages 8.9 TCR (406% of the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Northern Metal Recycling Glenwood TCR series: 2017=7.1 · 2018=10.8 · BLS 2.2

Where Northern Metal Recycling Glenwood falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 15 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Minnesota.

Northern Metal Recycling Glenwood (28 employees, TCR 8.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 020406080100 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Northern Metal Recycling Glenwood
Northern Metal Recycling Glenwood (28 employees, TCR 8.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Northern Metal Recycling Glenwood has fewer employees than the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesale median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2018 10.8 8.1 3 1 0
2017 7.1 3.5 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · MN · Glenwood

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 15 employers in Glenwood, MN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Pima Processing LLC 8.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR General Iron 1909 8.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Oklahoma Tire Recyclers LLC 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cohen Electronics 8.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Shooting Star Native Seeds 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Moore Calves 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2528-Glyndon, MN 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Worthington Public Utilities 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR Glacial Ridge Health System 344 FTE
CITY-NEAR Glenwood 272 FTE
CITY-NEAR Minnewaska Area Schools #2149 124 FTE
CITY-NEAR Minnewaska Area HS 121 FTE
NAT-TCR American Spotting Company of Florida 8.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Center Square Supermarket LLC 8.9 TCR
NAT-TCR North Atlanta (Galwr) 8.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Brownwood (Txbro) 8.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Edgerton T & M 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Heinz Tree Service 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fontana (GCR) 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Birmingham (GCR) 28 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.